The move comes amid growing frustration that the city is unfairly burdened by other people’s litter washing ashore.

WASHINGTON (7News) — A new floating barrier installed Friday aims to reduce garbage in the Anacostia River. A Tuffboom works by floating on the surface of water and ropes off trash from going further ...

On Tuesday, the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, a river watchdog nonprofit, installed its 15th trash trap along the Chattahoochee River watershed in Cooper Creek, marking the first one in Columbus. This ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A six-week expedition to check out floating trash in the Pacific Ocean returns to Southern California after traveling more than 3,3000 miles with some disturbing results.

Despite recent social media claims, balloon releases are still legal in North Carolina. A bill to ban them has stalled, even ...

Fairhaven is the first community on the East Coast to deploy the Jellyfishbot, an autonomous aquatic robot designed to remove trash, microplastics and oil from local waterways. The Jellyfishbot, ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Scientists say a new study is now revealing that one of the largest patches of pollution on the planet is also teaming with life. And they're trying to learn what it means for the ...